Faculty in the News

'We're WHAT?' Why marriage default laws are misguided​
Source: The National Post
Authors: Allard School of Law Assistant Professor Erez Aloni and Allard School of Law PhD Student Adam Vanzella-Yang
Date: December 4, 2018Full Story

In BC, Odds Are Stacked Against Parents Fighting the Children’s Ministry​
Source: The Tyee
Author: Katie Hyslop
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Date: November 20, 2018Full Story

B.C.'s 'most vulnerable' child still subject of Public Guardian concern at age 19​
Source: CBC
Author: Jason Proctor
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Date: November 16, 2018Full Story

Opinion: Let's not whitewash racism in the justice system​
Source: The Province
Author: Allard School of Law Assistant Professor Emma Cunliffe
Date: October 24, 2018Full Story

B.C. MLAs should recognize ‘benefit corporation’ is an American branding exercis​e
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Allard School of Law Assistant Professor Carol Liao
Date: October 21, 2018Full Story

It's Time We End Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Murder​
Source: The Huffington Post
Author: Allard School of Law Professor Debra Parkes
Date: October 19, 2018Full Story

In most U.S. states, felons cannot vote, but some ex-prisoners are fighting for that right​
Source: MSN News
Author: Shirin Jaafari
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Debra Parkes
Date: October 13, 2018Full Story

The early edition with Stephen Quinn
Source: CBC Radio
Host: Stephen Quinn
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Date: October 11, 2018Interview Begins at 2:41

Terri-Lynne McClintic could try for early release in 6 years — but that doesn’t mean she’ll get it​
Source: Global News
Author: Jesse Ferreras
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Debra Parkes
Date: October 4, 2018Full Story

Politicians can’t interfere with where and how Tori Stafford’s killer serves her time​
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Allard School of Law Professor Benjamin Perrin
Date: October 4, 2018Full Story

Mandatory minimum sentences for murder should be abolished​
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Allard School of Law Professor Debra Parkes
Date: September 25, 2018Full Story

Doug Ford needs a lesson in how democracies avoid authoritarianism​
Source: The Washinton Post
Author: Allard School of Law Professor Benjamin Perrin
Date: September 19, 2018Full Story

Experts split over Ford’s use of notwithstanding clause​
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sean Fine
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professors Joel Bakan and Benjamin Perrin
Date: September 12, 2018Full Story

Federal experts warned heritage minister that Chagall painting should not leave Canada
Source: The Globe and Mail
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Robert Paterson
Date: September 2, 2018Full Story

How post-secondary schools are working to indigenize programs, campus life​
Source: CBC Radio: The Current
Host: Connie Walker
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Assistant Professor Jocelyn Stacey
Date: August 30, 2018Interview Begins at 9:42

How post-secondary schools are working to indigenize programs, campus life​
Source: The National Post
Author: Alanna Rizza
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Date: August 27, 2018Full Story

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of NEB decision that pipelines can disregard local bylaws​
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Mike Hager
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Margot Young
Date: August 23, 2018Full Story

Activists target China’s human-rights record with new ad campaign in Vancouver​
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Xiao Xu
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Pitman Potter
Date: August 19, 2018Full Story

Trinity Western Covenant Change Good, But Not Far Enough, Critics Say​
Source: The Tyee
Author: Katie Hyslop
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Margot Young
Date: August 15, 2018Full Story

As service refusals make headlines, experts say businesses usually in the wrong​
Source: The Financial Post
Author: Aleksandra Sagan
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Margot Young
Date: August 15, 2018Full Story

B.C.’s Trinity Western University drops mandatory covenant forbidding sex outside heterosexual marriage​
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Wendy Stueck
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Margot Young
Date: August 14, 2018Full Story

From Behind Bars
Source: Australian Story
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Associate Professor Emma Cunliffe
Date: August 13, 2018Interview Begins at 23:00

Judicial review sought for mother convicted of killing her four babies​
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Joanne McCarthy
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Associate Professor Emma Cunliffe
Date: August 10, 2018Full Story

It's OK to cry in the courtroom even if you're a judge, law professors say​
Source: CBC
Author: The Canadian Press
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Janine Benedet
Date: August 1, 2018Full Story

CBC Radio: On the Coast
Source: CBC Radio
Host: Gloria Macarenko
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Janine Benedet
Date: June 26, 2018Interview Begins at 58:56

Fan levelled by Lions player hires law firm
Source: CTV News
Author: The Canadian Press
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Joseph Weiler
Date: June 20, 2018Full Story

Canada faces mounting pressure to end safe third country agreement with U.S.
Source: The National Post
Author: Teresa Wright
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Assistant Professor Efrat A. Arbel
Date: June 21, 2018Full Story

Advocates ‘delighted,’ school ‘troubled’ by Trinity Western court decision​
Source: The Star Vancouver
Author: Alex McKeen
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Margot Young
Date: June 15, 2018Full Story

Finance ministry receives report that recommends homeowner grant elimination​
Source: The National Post
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Professor David Duff
Date: June 14, 2018Full Story

With a shared commitment, Canada’s universities take steps toward reconciliation​
Source: University Affairs
Author: Anqi Shen
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Date: June 12, 2018Full Story

Trop de Femmes Autochtones Derrière les Barreaux
Source: La Presse
Authors: Allard School of Law Associate Professor Emma Cunliffe and Allard School of Law Instructor Patricia Barkaskas
Date: June 11, 2018Full Story

Too many Indigenous women are in prison—but sentencing flexibility will help​
Source: Maclean's
Authors: Allard School of Law Associate Professor Emma Cunliffe and Allard School of Law Instructor Patricia Barkaskas
Date: June 7, 2018Full Story

CBC Radio interviewed Victoria Shroff, an adjunct at the Allard School of Law who specializes in animal law litigation, about the declawing cats ban in BC
Source: Segments appeared in a number of shows including CBC Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Winnipeg, and Calgary.
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Adjunct Professor Victoria Shroff
Date: May 9, 2018

Weekends in jail: Why some convicts serve only intermittent sentences​
Source: CBC
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Professor Isabel Grant
Date: May 12, 2018Full Story

For the record, May 8, 2018
Source: Business in Vancouver
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Date: May 8, 2018Full Story

Bill C-75 reforms too little, too late to respond to domestic violence
Source: The Star
Author: Elizabeth Sheehy and Allard School of Law Professor Isabel Grant
Date: April 23, 2018Full Story

'I do not believe a political compromise is achievable': Trans Mountain pipeline dispute likely to rely on the courts
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Ian Bailey and Mike Hager
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Professors Margot Young and Joel Bakan
Date: April 20, 2018Full Story

B.C. Supreme Court challenge of public health-care system set to resume
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sunny Dhillon
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Professor Michael Da Silva
Date: April 8, 2018Full Story

Comment: B.C.'s criminal justice system among worst in Canada
Source: Times Colonist
Author: Richard Audas and Allard School of Law Professor Benjamin Perrin
Date: March 11, 2018 Full Story

Why we #ProfessorProgress in corporate boardrooms
Source: The Globe and Mail
Author: Allard School of Law Professor Carol Liao
Date: March 7, 2018 Full Story

Perrin and Audas: Ontario's justice system is getting better, but challenges persist
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Author: Richard Audas and Allard School of Law Professor Benjamin Perrin
Date: March 5, 2018 Full Story

Land fight could grant thousands of indigenous Americans new rights in Canada
Source: The Guardian
Author: Leyland Cecco
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Professor Gordon Christie
Date: February 21, 2018Full Story

Experts comment on ride-hailing in B.C.
Source: CFAX 1070
Interviewed by morning with Al Ferraby
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Erez Aloni
Date: February 16, 2018Full Story

Hedley hammered as social media accusers take aim at music industry
Source: Vancouver Sun
Author: Randy Shore
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Professor Janine Benedet
Date: February 16, 2018Full Story

An international plastics treaty could avert a "Silent Spring" for our seas
Source: The conversation, also published in the National Post
Author: Allard School of Law Adjunct Professor Linda Nowlan
Date: February 8, 2018Full Story

Judicial heavyweights call for B.C. to introduce anti-SLAPP legislation
Source: CBC News
Author: Jason Proctor
Mentioned: Dean of the Allard School of Law Catherine Dauvergne
Date: February 7, 2018Full Story

Taxing Airbnb in BC
Source: CBC News On the Coast with Gloria Macarenko
Interviewed: Allard School of Law Professor Erez Aloni
The segment starts at 01:53
Date: February 7, 2018Full Story

Gender persecution the top reason women seek asylum in Canada
Source: CBC News
Author: Tara Carman
Mentioned: Dean of the Allard School of Law Catherine Dauvergne
Date: February 7, 2018Full Story

Canada's acceptance rate of asylum seekers is the highest in 27 years - here's why
Source: CBC News
Author: Tara Carman
Mentioned: Dean of the Allard School of Law Catherine Dauvergne
Date: February 7, 2018Full Story

Why legal experts say #MeToo is more than just a movement
Source: Global News
Author: Meaghan Craig
Mentioned: Allard School of Law Professor Janine Benedet
Date: February 5, 2018Full Story